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Most satisfying ending sequences
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Runners up would be Castlevania Symphony of the night, Black ops 1,Modern Warfare series and Mass effect 3 Citadel DLC.
Runners up would be Castlevania Symphony of the night, Black ops 1,Modern Warfare series and Mass effect 3 Citadel DLC.
This one is utterly fantastic, especially if you've found your party members and did their WoR quests. That ending is amazing.
Another one that stands out to me is EarthBound; you're able to actually explore the world and talk to people without enemies (stands to reason as the evil corrupting the minds of enemies is destroyed) while you walk home with your friend. It's an incredibly touching ending that, while simple, hammers it home that even after destroying an evil alien, you're still a kid.
The ending to The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories is so powerful and fantastic.
Everything following the "100 Years Later" sequence to be exact. I got real emotional by the end and it was so refreshing to have a horror game have such an objectively happy ending for once.
Absolutely, especially after you complete the game once have seen the first ending. Thematically it's perfect.
God of War (PS4)'s emotional payoff
Persona 4's ending sequence as you say your goodbyes to everyone up until they run along side the train as you leave (the feels were too real man)
People have picked most of my choices. Agree with you on FFX. That ending was so well done and it gave me some feels, which games almost never do.
I also really liked the ending to FF9 and Kingdom Hearts when I first played them and I haven't seen them mentioned. FF9 especially. Man they crammed so much into those short PS1 videos. No 10 minute sequences. Shit had to get done fast.
The Portal 2 ending sequence is legendary.
Then of course we have the best credits sequence of all time:
Then of course we have the best credits sequence of all time:
Probably the end scene of Grandia
You get an adorable scene of an older Sue narrating the epilogue, and a group of five kids that look like a mix of Justin and Feena plotting a mock adventure not much unlike the intro to the game.
Once you realize they're the protags children, you basically figure those two have spent the past few years after saving the world banging like rabbits.
You get an adorable scene of an older Sue narrating the epilogue, and a group of five kids that look like a mix of Justin and Feena plotting a mock adventure not much unlike the intro to the game.
Once you realize they're the protags children, you basically figure those two have spent the past few years after saving the world banging like rabbits.
I love the ending sequence for Xenogears. The song is kinda cheesy but I love it! Also, the ending sequence to Chrono Cross--sublime!
Rain World has a truly incredible ending sequence that they clearly put a ton of resources into....really scary and beautiful, and you don't quite realize you're at the end of the game and 'safe' until you've been in it for a few minutes...it's an incredible payoff for how hostile and difficult the game is up to that point
First post nails it.
I love both games so much and the endings are the best in their own series. Final Fantasy VIII especially gets me emotional every single time.
Yup. I may be biased as it's my favorite game of all time, but I have yet to experience anything as satisfying (as far as ending sequences go) as Earthbound. Being able to explore the world that you saved is a brilliant way to end the game. I've beaten the game easily two dozen times, and it never gets hurts any less when you walk your friends home and break up the party one by one until your adventure finally ends with you returning home. The adventure is over. There's no point in pressing on and using your weapons or your PSI anymore. Whenever you're ready, come home and carry on with life. The music that plays in the background as you walk your friends home is calming and beautiful yet there's a touch of sadness to it.
I just love the ending so much. It's a brilliant end to a brilliant game.
The Wonderful 101 ending is an orgasmic smorgasbord that leaves you as an emotional shaking pool on the floor after experiencing it.
The final boss fight of Okami is one to remember. Along with the entire Reset sequence.
(Shame the vocal version of Reset is missing in a lot of the versions of Okami).
Final Fantasy VI has the ultimate party based RPG ending, every single member gets some spotlight in the escape from Kefka's tower if you properly recruited them, with a few closing out character arcs like Locke and Celes's love story. The characters as actors in a play, acknowledging your name changes, that final "and you"... no game has ever done as loving a sendoff as FFVI. That there is two amazing ending sequences is what cements it as the GOAT.
For highest peak moment of pure elation, Ico's ending takes the cake by far.
Dragon Age : Origins ending segment if you live through the final battle is also way up there for me, getting to talk to the party members one last time, see what they have planned for the future, getting to decide on a major change within Ferelden, then even though it's just slides in the epilogue it covers so many of your choices and the consequences of them.
For highest peak moment of pure elation, Ico's ending takes the cake by far.
Dragon Age : Origins ending segment if you live through the final battle is also way up there for me, getting to talk to the party members one last time, see what they have planned for the future, getting to decide on a major change within Ferelden, then even though it's just slides in the epilogue it covers so many of your choices and the consequences of them.
I've played way too many games, and I was genuinely floored by how much I liked Nier Automata's true ending. Was one of my favorite games of 2017, but I liked the ending so much that I don't think I'll ever touch the game again. A diamond-in-the-rough type of game that managed to deliver so hard on its ending that I'll forgive every other flaw in the game.
I really enjoyed that one, really the whole last couple hours.
The ending that had the greatest impact on me was Ys I & II, for way too many reasons to get into here. My favorite ending simply within the context of the game probably belongs to Shadow of the Colossus.
The recently released AI: The Somnium Files has an incredible ending (for different reasons than 999 and Ever17 which are also amazing).
I went "you know this awful song's actually grown on me now that I think about it" to "what" to "oh my god, this is the best".
Best end credits sequence since Nier Automata.
Best end credits sequence since Nier Automata.
Fallout New Vegas has slides that damn near touch on every little thing you did.
Witcher 3 had those three playable epilogues for you to go through that perfectly conveyed the emotional tones each ending was going for. It also had slides for the "big picture" plot lines.
Witcher 3 had those three playable epilogues for you to go through that perfectly conveyed the emotional tones each ending was going for. It also had slides for the "big picture" plot lines.
Super Mario RPG, for having the happiest ending possible, with a "where are they now" sequence showing everyone's wishes coming true, followed by a light parade featuring everybody in the game, all scored by Yoko Shimomura.
It's one of the greatest endings of all time, but overall too sad and a cliffhanger to be truly satisfying for me. I feel joy when the other worlds get restored and I cry hard at Kairi drawing the paopu fruit being given to Sora but yeah, I never got the kind of sequels I wanted so I am eternally left unsatisfied with the series despite the first game being very near and dear to my heart.
I don't know why someone posted a video spoiling it up thread but NieR Automata has this in the bag. I don't think any other game comes close.
Persona 3 and 4 are worth noting for what an emotional punch is packed in the moment the credits start though
Persona 3 and 4 are worth noting for what an emotional punch is packed in the moment the credits start though
This is it, right here. Was my third time crying at this game too.
Depending on how you played the games out, Fallout 1, 2, and New Vegas all conclude with ending slides that reflect the most influential decisions you made on your journey. Settlements, individual characters, entire factions, and you. Ron Perlman reminds you with a gentle voice of all the good or ill you brought to the wasteland over the course of your time in it.
It's an extremely iconic element of the series. Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, an early Troika game with the same leads as the early Fallout games, would do the same thing to an even greater degree than its predecessors.
It's an extremely iconic element of the series. Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, an early Troika game with the same leads as the early Fallout games, would do the same thing to an even greater degree than its predecessors.
Shoutout to the already mentioned Nier: Automata and Mother 3.
I'll point out a moment from the ending to Yakuza 0 that got me really good:
I'll point out a moment from the ending to Yakuza 0 that got me really good:
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Mass Effect 1. Everything from Virmire on was absolute gold.
Talk with Sovereign and Vergil, pushing through a Geth blockade, climbing up the side of the Citadel with Sovereign visually above you, and Faunts closing the game out.
Absolutely impeccable.
Talk with Sovereign and Vergil, pushing through a Geth blockade, climbing up the side of the Citadel with Sovereign visually above you, and Faunts closing the game out.
Absolutely impeccable.
Nothing can beat Ever17's ending. Coco's path is so good years later you still find visual novels trying to imitate its plot twists.
And an honorable mention to Drakengard 3. The final boss is a pain to unlock, but it's easily my favorite boss from last gen
And an honorable mention to Drakengard 3. The final boss is a pain to unlock, but it's easily my favorite boss from last gen
